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Free Admission to All National Parks on Tuesday in Honor of Veterans
Veterans Day gives everyone a chance to thank American veterans and their families, for service to the country.
In honor of those who served, the...
National Parks Announce Photo Contest Winners
The National Park Foundation announced the winners of this year's photo contest. The annual Share the Experience contest encourages amateur photographers to explore America’s...
Grant From Disney to Help 60,000 Students Explore America’s National Parks
In celebration of National Park Week, the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund presented a $500,000 grant last week to help connect kids to nature through...
Free Admission at Every National Park This Week Until Sunday
If you are looking for something fun and fantastic to do with family and friends, head out to America's national parks this week where...
Military Families to Get Free Passes to National Parks
Members of the U.S. military and their families are being given free annual passes to national parks and iconic national monuments as part of...
US National Parks to Waive Park Entry Fees on June 21
The National Park Service is encouraging visitors to celebrate the start of summer with a free visit to one of America’s 394 national parks!...
Good News in History, April 16
106 years ago today, Xuan Hua, also known by the dharma name An Tzu, was born. Xuan Hua founded The Dharma Realm Buddhist Association,...
A California Superbloom Is Springing to Life and the Best is Yet to Come
Drenching rains and record snowfall throughout California's 2022-2023 winter season carried on throughout the year, and by September, normally the peak of the dry...
After Mojave Fires, Camels Help Restore Iconic Joshua Tree Groves in the Cherished California Desert
The Mojave National Preserve is having its iconic Joshua trees restored thanks to a crack team of a dozen volunteers, 3 beasts, and 6...
Good News in History, January 12
65 years ago today, Berry Gordy founded what would become Motown Records, a Black-owned label that achieved crossover success and played an important role...
Good News in History, January 11
25 years ago today, comedian Jon Stewart took charge as the host of the satirical late-night talk show The Daily Show, on Comedy Central....
Instead of Corn and Soy Farming, Use Lab-Grown Oil to Help the Planet, Scientist Says
Lab-grown meat has been all over the news over the last 3 years, but one scientist at UC Irvine believes food scientists are missing...
Good News in History September 25
On this day, 133 years ago, Congress established Sequoia National Park in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. Since that day, the protected area in which...
Good News in History, August 25
20 years ago, NASA successfully launched the Spitzer Space Telescope. Spitzer was the third infrared space telescope, but the first to use an Earth-trailing...
New Study of Triassic Fossils Reveal the Origins of Living Amphibians Through a Tiny “Funky Worm”
For 3 years, paleontologists working in Petrified Forest National Park have been unearthing the remains of perhaps the oldest known amphibian.
It's not a frog,...
New DNA From a Tooth Confirms Famous Wild Ponies in Maryland Descended From Spanish Shipwreck
Wild feral horses have roamed freely across an island off the coast of Maryland and Virginia for hundreds of years, but exactly how they...
Botanical Researchers Are ‘Thrilled’ After Discovering an Oak Tree Once Thought to Be Extinct
In Big Bend National Park in Texas, a coalition of 10 institutions have discovered an oak tree once thought to be extinct.
Botanical researchers were...
World’s Biggest Wildlife Crossing Breaks Ground on Earth Day
A landmark Earth Day ceremony just took place to celebrate the start of construction on the historic Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Southern California.
Spanning...
Human Footprints Found in New Mexico Are 23,000 Years Old – Long Before the Ice Age Glaciers Melted
New scientific research conducted at White Sands National Park in New Mexico has uncovered the oldest known human footprints in North America.
The discovery reveals...
Endangered Condors to Return to Northern California Skies After Nearly a Century
For the first time in 100 years, the endangered California condor will return to the Pacific Northwest.
Once on the brink of extinction, this iconic species has...